lessening

Example Sentences

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Yes, it’s too high, he says, but he suggests that his housing plan will deploy a trickle-down approach that starts with lessening landlords’ risks and costs and thus encourages them to build more.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

It is one way of lessening that stressful situation of putting out a game, especially for a smaller studio with fewer people to test it.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Ellen Swallow Richards is known as the founder of home economics, which to her meant bringing scientific principles to domestic life, lessening household labor and improving public health.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

What matters now is whether oil comes down and stays there, taking the pressure off inflation and lessening the need for interest-rate hikes, said Privorotsky.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

I’d been expecting this, though I’d tried to make my message as unalarming as possible without lessening the urgency of it.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer